Too Late the Hero
Too Late the Hero is a 1970 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen and Harry Andrews.
Plot
In the 1942 Pacific theatre of World War II, Lieutenant Junior Grade Sam Lawson, USN, is a Japanese-language interpreter who — so far — has avoided combat. His commanding officer, Captain John G. Nolan, unexpectedly cancels his leave and informs Lawson that he is to be assigned to a British infantry commando unit in the New Hebrides Islands for a combat mission.
More details
| author | Bob Sherman Robert Aldrich |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Insular Oceania |
| director | Robert Aldrich |
| editor | Michael Luciano |
| events | Pacific War World War II |
| genre | adventure |
| keywords | ambush british soldier cockney commanding officer commando commando unit fight friendly fire glasgow glaswegian infantry japanese soldier kill lieutenant junior grade loudspeaker machine gun new hebrides other man pacific ocean theater of world war ii pacific theatre radio operator report scot scotland sing singapore teddy bear united states navy upper class usn wound |
| musicBy | Gerald Fried |
| producer | Robert Aldrich |
| productionCompany | American Broadcasting Company |
| publisher | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
| recordedAt | Philippines |
| theme | war |